The Justice Department announced criminal charges Wednesday against more than a dozen people in a series of Medicare scams that exploited coronavirus fears to bill tens of millions of dollars in bogus claims.

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A contractor based in Annapolis Junction is partnering with 2-1-1 help line agencies in its service areas to make sure Medicare beneficiaries and caregivers are referred to its own helpline that it operates as part of a contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Health care providers will be able to bill Medicare directly for inserting a Germantown company's implantable blood sugar monitor into patients under new federal policies for 2020.

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Baltimore-based law firm Saiontz & Kirk P.A. paid more than $90,000 to the federal government to settle allegations that it failed to reimburse Medicare for conditional payments made on behalf of clients. The settlement, announced Monday by the U.S. Attorney’s ...

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A federal judge has ruled the state of Maryland can't force state retirees onto a federal prescription drug plan until a lawsuit is decided.

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A lawsuit is challenging the state of Maryland's decision to move Medicare eligible retirees to Medicare Part D.

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Maryland’s hospital rate-setting board will consider the unprecedented step of asking the state’s private insurers to pay more to account for uncompensated care at the state’s hospitals, a reflection of more unpaid bills from patients facing growing out-of-pocket costs through their private insurance company.

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A group of Maryland hospitals shared $16.5 million as part of a settlement last year to resolve thousands of longstanding Medicare billing disputes, according to data newly released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. MedStar Union Memorial Hospital received ...

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A Frederick sales agent-turned-whistleblower will receive $2.2 million after alleging to federal agents that his former employer, NuVasive Inc., was marketing unapproved uses for its spinal-treatment device and improperly inducing doctors to treat patients with it at several Maryland hospitals, including Johns Hopkins and Montgomery General.

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The federal government last week  released a new five-star rating system for home health agencies, hoping to bring clarity to a fast-growing but fragmented corner of the medical industry where it’s often difficult to distinguish good from bad. Medicare applied ...

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